A Blackdown village raised over £500 for MacMillan as part of the Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning campaign. Hemyock resident, Tracey Canning was eager to support the cancer charity having experience, first hand, how MacMillan makes a difference. Her partner Steve, is a throat cancer survivor. She gathered a willing and eager team of friends, neighbours and work colleagues to take part in the widely supported event.

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Around 20 different cakes and cookies were baked and donated. Tea, coffee, milk and sugar was given by Tesco Honiton, Waitrose Wellington, Sainsburys Ottery St Mary and Co-Op Wellington. Hemyock Church Rooms waived the room hire fees and Churchwardens went even further by proposing to donate the St Marys Church collection of £148.38. Several volunteers set out around the village to offer cookies and cakes to the local workforce, who were unable to take part that morning. Prizes for the raffle and even bags of apples were included in the fundraising. Tracey explained: “I knew the coffee morning would be well supported.

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“Hemyock has a great reputation for its generosity. I was a little worried that there would be so much left, as the cake donations kept piling up. Everyone has been so kind and given so much, I'm just overwhelmed and already making plans for next year. “MacMillan help people living with cancer live life as fully as they can. This year, so far, the people supporting the popular national campaign has raised over £3.1m. The Hemyock event donations are still being posted through my letterbox from those who were unable to attend.”